[Ben Ficklin]

Here's an old story from several years ago about Perry sending the Rangers and the Guard to the border as part of Border Star.

Perry Sending Rangers, Guard to the Border

This article also talks about Perry's border cameras which most have forgotten about. All the cameras were hooked up to the internet so you could stay at home and be a Minuteman. If you saw some illegals thru the camera you could call an 800 number or send an email and they'd run out and catch the illegals. It never worked out.

[GeronL]

The camera thing was very dumb

[deport]

CBP spent $1.1 billion on the Secure Border Initiative, which included SBInet, a
program originally designed to place a series of fixed towers along the border,
and to stream live video from their cameras into Border Patrol vehicles. Although
the ambitious concept was pared down over the years, prime contractor Boeing never
delivered a fully working system and the program was ultimately canceled after
five years of work in 2011.

In its wake comes the 10-year integrated fixed tower and the remote video surveillance
system program budgeted at $1.14 billion and $224 million, respectively.